Clothes-pin.



E. S. MITCHELL.

' CLOTHES PIN. I AiPLlCATlON FILED MAR. 16, l9l6;

Patented J an. 2, 1917.

EDWARD s. MrronELL, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed March 16, 1916. Serial No. 84,638.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD S. MITCHELL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes pins.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheap device ofthis character easily manipulated when applying the same to or removingit from the line than with similar devices heretofore.

Another object is to provide a clothes pin which is particularly adaptedfor use in connection with the pulleylines, so that the lower la of theline will be guided and supported by the handle portion of the clothespin. Thus the said handle portion serves a double function. 7

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved clothespin shown in connection with a double or pulley line;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on the line 33 of Fi 1,- the clothes pin beingremoved from t e line.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings it will be seen thatthe clothes pin is made of a suitable length of Wire. This wire is sobent as to provide a pair of approximately parallel members 10 whichconverge toward each other at one end, as shown at 11, and these endsaretwisted as at 12, and this twisted portion bent upwardly and rearwardlyin the form of a ring, as clearly shown. The other end of each of themembers 10 is connected, by means of a curved portion 13 to a downwardlyextending member 1 1. The two members 14 are arranged in approximatelyparallel relation in advance of the members 10, and are of a lengthapproximately onehalf of the members 10. These members 1A are connectedby a transversely extending and outwardly directed curved portion 15. Itwill be noted that the members 11 are spaced a slightly greater distanceapart than the members 10 so that. when the clothes line 16, and thegarment 17 draped thereover are engaged between the members 10 and isthere will be a tendency to kink the line at two points, that is whereeach of the members 10 cooperates with the member 14 to grip the line.

The portions of the members 10 below thev use in connection with adouble or pulley,

line. In this instance the lower lap of the line is passed through: thetwisted ring so thatthe laps will be held in properly spaced positions,and be prevented from twisting.

WVhat is claimed is: I A clothes pin for use in connection with anendless pulley line formed of a single piece of wire and consisting'of apair-of parallel bars, a second pair of'shorter bars disposed outwardlyof and at a greater dis-- tance apart than the first bars, said shorterbars extending into a plane approximately coincident with the plane ofthe longer bars, 1

whereby a twisting clamping action is produced between thelonger andshorter bars, curved members connecting the longer and shorter bars atone end, a curved member connecting the other ends of the shorter Intestimony whereof, I aflix my signahars, the remaining ends of thelonger bars ture, in the presence of tWo Witnesses. being twisted andformed into a rearwardly and upwardly extending open ring to pro EDWARDMITCHELL vide a hand grip, said ring also serving to Witnesses:

receive and guide the lower lap of an endless W. B. HARDING, pulleyline. G. E. FAIRGHILD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

